Episode 016 - Scott Zimmerman - N3XCC
Scott Zimmerman, N3XCC, got his start in amateur radio while working as a two-way radio technician, repairing and refurbishing mobiles, base stations, and repeaters. Through his business and ham contacts, he has become a regular contributor to the Repeater Builder website, as well as a professional repeater builder for amateurs and ham clubs. Scott applies his expertise gained from his commercial two-way business to building and maintaining one of the largest linked repeater systems on the East coast of the USA.
| First Licensed: N3XCC, 1996 First Rig: TenTec 1220 Two-Meter Transceiver Kit Current Rig: Icom IC-2720 Dual Band WAN Repeater System - Wide area linked repeater that started in Cambria Country built on Allstar. Organizatons: Cambria Radio Club Cambria ARES Links: Allstar Internet Linking - based on the open source Asterisk telephone system. Repeater Builder Website - one stop for the conversion of commercial land mobile radio equipment into ham radio use Provided emergency communications to the Flight 93 crash in Shanksville, PA on September 11, 2001. Software Defined Radios - here is a list of SDR radios by feature and price Advice to perspective hams:
It may come as a surprise to many listeners that Internet service is not available everywhere in the USA. As a resident of a rural Pennsylvania farm, Scott operates a 7 hop broadband link to his farm, that also serves 60 customers along the links route. Scott uses radio links from Ubiquity Networks The RSS Feed for all audio content from QSO today is available from here. Please join our QSO Today community by pressing the button below. It is the best way to suggest guests and topics, and providing feedback to Eric, 4Z1UG. |  TenTec 1220 Two-Meter Transceiver Kit  Icom IC-2720 Dual Band (VHF/UHF) Mobile  Motorola Micor Repeater  Scott working on Micor mobile with helper |
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